pet peeves: nicknames as given names; unconventional spellings; masculine names on girlsnot-so-guilty pleasures: five-syllable girls' names; virtue and nature names; over-the-top antique names for boys
(if i repeat name suggestions in a thread, it's because i like them! no apologies here for repeats of great names! )

I am honestly not a fan of either. If it was SamaraLynn and MadeleineGrace then Madeleine would win but I just don't like the spelling Madelyn. I think I will go with SamaraLynn but you could keep both till the birth to see which one she looks more like.

okay so I think its settled, we are unofficially going to go with SamaraLinn for the babys name. Choosing the Linn spelling as it has ties to german heritage which is the other half of baby girl. I guess now I just want to be absolutely sure the whole name flows well together and apart...SamaraLinn(I like)--SamaraLinn Reineman(I like)---Samara Reineman(undecided), do the R sounds at the end of the FN and beginning of LN clash???